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Adjutant General Corps
- People are the Army. To manage our most valuable
resource, the Army has a series of personnel management systems. These
systems impact on unit readiness, morale, and soldier career satisfaction,
and cover the life cycle management of all Army personnel. The Adjutant
General's Corps runs these systems.
- The AG Corps officer is responsible for both
peacetime and wartime personnel systems. These systems cover all personnel
activities from accession of new soldiers, to discharge and retirement.
While AG officers train to operate specialized wartime personnel systems
such as replacement operations, strength accounting, casualty reporting, and
postal, they must also operate the peacetime personnel system on a
day-to-day basis. Being an AG officer presents varied challenges to solve
real personnel problems.
- Development of the AG Corps officer parallels that of
other branches in offering both Basic and Advanced Courses in the Adjutant
General's School. AG Corps officers can expect a wide variety of
assignments, ranging from a battalion staff officer to commander of a
Personnel Service Company. AG Corps officers can be found at all levels in
the Army, in virtually every country in the world. All AG Corps officer
skills are open to women.
- The AG Corps is a dynamic and ever changing branch
that has the tremendous responsibility of operating the Army's personnel
support systems. It is the right choice for a bright and energetic young
person who is people oriented.
Army Medical Specialist Corps
- The Army Medical Specialist Corps is composed of
qualified dietitians, physical therapists and occupational therapists. The
minimum educational qualification is a bachelor's degree with a major in a
related subject. The Army provides the specialty training through approved
dietetic internship, physical therapy course or occupational therapy
clinical affiliations.
- Men and women in the Army Medical Specialist Corps
are assigned to all Army medical centers and most hospitals in the United
States and overseas.
Army Nurse Corps
- An Army nurse is an officer, too. So you can expect
all the privileges, prestige, and respect due any officer in the U.S. Army.
- Because Army medicine is practiced around the world,
you're also assured of being exposed to a much wider variety of cases early
in your career than a civilian nurse. And you can change hospitals without
losing seniority.
- The majority of your time will be spent taking care
of patients, instead of doing non nursing chores. And you'll be exposed to a
range of cases which is almost impossible to duplicate in civilian nursing.
- In the Army, you'll not only grow as a health care
professional but as a person as well. The educational opportunities in the
ANC are second to none. You may apply for clinical specialty courses in
Intensive Care, Operating Room Nursing, Community Health and Environmental
Science, and Psychiatric Nursing.
- A BSN is needed to qualify for the Army Nurse Corps.
Chaplain Corps
- From the beginning of our national history,
chaplains, as soldiers of God, have helped to shape the heritage of America.
The United States Army Chaplaincy was officially created by an act of
Continental Congress in July of 1775 upon the urgent request of General
George Washington. Today's chaplains, representing over 100 faith groups,
provide comprehensive religious support to soldiers and their families in
war and peace.
- Chaplains may be commissioned through ROTC, USMA,
OCS, or direct commission channels. Chaplains must possess a baccalaureate
degree and three graduate years of professional study in theology. They must
also be endorsed to serve as Army chaplains by their denominations,
churches, or other recognized ecclesiastical endorsing agents.
- Chaplains may enter the Army as first lieutenants but
normally spend their tour as a captain. Chaplains perform many types of
ministry as a part of the Unit Ministry Team, which includes both chaplains
and enlisted chaplain assistants.
- Chaplains may minister to soldiers and family members
in troop units, in hospitals, in Army Service Schools, or in overseas
military communities. With a worldwide mission, the Unit Ministry Team
facilitates the free exercise of religion for all soldiers and their family
members guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
- For those who are called to serve both God and
country, the United States Army Chaplain Corps offers a challenging and
rewarding career.
Dental Corps
- All specialties of dentistry are represented in the
Army Dental Corps. And its mission is a lot more important than relieving
toothaches.
- To help preserve the strength of the Army, the Dental
Corps provides preventative, surgical and restorative dental care to its
members.
- Officers are appointed to the Dental Corps after
graduating from an accredited school of dentistry and being awarded either a
degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD).
Finance Corps
- The ultimate mission of the Finance Corps is to
sustain the combat soldier and commanders in the field with timely and
accurate finance and accounting support.
- This support includes military and civilian pay, the
preparation and payment of travel, transportation and commercial vendor
vouchers, and accounting for the obligation and disbursement of public
funds.
- In addition to providing the traditional military pay
support to the individual soldier, the Finance Corps plays an important role
in supporting logistical, medical, and supply requirements during tactical
missions. As a Finance Corps lieutenant, you may be part of a Finance
Support Detachment assigned to support a tactical unit These missions could
require you to set up and monitor contacts with local commercial vendors
financing local purchases for supplemental rations, repair parts, fuel, or
anything else that supports the mission.
- To become a Finance Corps lieutenant, you must have a
baccalaureate degree with specialization in business, accounting, or
computer science, and a minimum of six academic hours of accounting.
- As a newly commissioned officer, your training begins
at the Finance Officer Basic Course. Additional training may include the
Commercial Accounts or Military Accounting course. These courses provide you
with the basic skills necessary for the various duties you may be expected
to perform, such as Disbursing Officer; Chief, Pay and Exam; Operations
Officer or Central Accounting Officer.
- Whether you actually handle the cash, maintain pay
accounts, or accomplish the internal unit support requirements, you'll have
a great deal of responsibility and work with up-to date computer equipment.
As a bright, motivated Finance Corps officer, you'll also find that the
rewards are commensurate.
Judge Advocate General's Corps
- The Judge Advocate General's Corps provides legal
services for the Army and its soldiers. Judge advocates serve as prosecutors
and defense attorneys for criminal trials under the Uniform Code of Military
Justice. In addition, they practice international, operation, labor,
contract, environmental, tort, and administrative law. Judge advocates also
provide routine legal services for soldiers, retirees, and their families.
They practice in military, state, and federal courts.
- Newly commissioned judge advocates receive immediate
responsibility in handling significant legal issues. They encounter a
diversified, challenging and rewarding law practice stationed throughout the
continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy, and
in other countries.
- To become a judge advocate you must be a graduate of
an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school and admitted to
practice before the highest court of a state or federal court. Judge
advocates enter the Army as first lieutenants and are promoted to captain
between 6 and 9 months later.
Medical Corps
- The Army Medical Corps offers the kind of
professional challenges that prevents a doctor's career from becoming a
predictable daily routine. Patient care, teaching, research, directing a
medical facility - a physician can do all this and more in the Army. And
still have time for his or her personal life.
- As an Army physician, you'll have an opportunity to
work in some of our country's leading hospitals and medical centers: Walter
Reed, Washington, D.C.; and Tripler, Honolulu, HI, to name just a few.
You'll find yourself working with other physicians and support teams who are
dedicated to providing patients with the best health care possible. And the
Army helps to make it possible by providing the most sophisticated, hightech
equipment available.
- Becoming an Army physician can benefit you in other
ways, too. You'll receive 30 days paid vacation every year. Good pay. Living
allowances. And you won't have malpractice premiums to pay or any overhead
or startup expenses.
Medical Service Corps
- The Medical Service Corps is an integral part of the
Army Health Care Team. It works together with other members to provide
health care services for soldiers, their families, and retirees.
- The Medical Service Corps is organized into four
sections: Pharmacy, Supply, and Administration; Medical Allied Sciences;
Optometry; and Podiatry.
- This versatile Corps offers exposure to diverse areas
of medicine and many excellent career opportunities.
Ordnance Corps
- The Ordnance Corps is responsible for keeping the
Army's combat forces moving and shooting. Since the Ordnance Corps is the
largest corps in the Army, the opportunity to command exists at all levels.
Ordnance officers command companies, battalions, arsenals, depots, groups
and division and corps support commands, and routinely enjoy command and
senior staff positions as one, two, and three star generals (e.g. Support
Commands, Corps Support Commands, Theater Army level, AMC commodity
commands, etc.).
- As an ordnance officer, you will command and lead
soldiers and civilians who develop, produce, acquire and support the Army's
weapons systems, ammunition, missiles, and wheeled and tracked vehicles. You
will also be required to manage and maintain a diverse range of Army
materiel from conventional and special ammunition to major weapon and
missile systems. As a newly commissioned ordnance officer, you'll attend the
Ordnance Officer Basic Course at either the U.S. Army Ordnance Center and
School or the U.S. Army Ordnance Missile and Munitions Center and School.
- In order to accomplish its mission, the Ordnance
Corps requires smart, articulate leaders capable of effectively managing
large numbers of personnel and equipment. Ordnance officers are trained in
one of the following areas: Tank/Automotive Materiel Management,
Missile/Electronic Materiel Management, Munitions Materiel Management, and
Explosive Ordnance Disposal. You may also have the opportunity to serve in
the areas of Research and Development, Contracting and Industrial
Management, and Materiel Acquisition Management.
- Keeping the combat forces ready to fight is a
tremendous job, which only Ordnance can accomplish.
Quartermaster Corps
- Whether you're considering making the Army a career
or looking for an opportunity to gain leadership and management experience,
the Quartermaster Corps is for you. As the "Sustainer of the Army", the
Quartermaster Corps plans and directs activities which provide soldiers with
food, water, petroleum, repair parts, weapons systems, and a multitude of
field services.
- As a newly commissioned Quartermaster officer, you'll
attend the Quartermaster Officer Basic Course. The Basic Course develops
your leadership and technical skills in the three occupational specialties
of the Quartermaster Corps: Petroleum Management, Materiel/Service
Management, and Subsistence Management. After completing the 17-week Officer
Basic Course, you'll be eligible to attend additional military schools such
as Airborne School, Ranger School, and Parachute Rigger School. After
completing all training you'll then be assigned to a challenging leadership
position supporting combat soldiers and their systems.
- As a Quartermaster officer you'll make use of the
most modern equipment and technology to solve the logistical problems of
today and tomorrow. With these tools, you'll create the most effective and
efficient method of providing soldiers with the right items, at the right
place, at the right time.
- Given the Quartermaster Corps's diverse and demanding
mission, you can be assured of finding yourself in a challenging and
rewarding position from the very beginning. You'll have the opportunity to
plan and accomplish things that your peers have only read about.
Transportation Corps
- Transportation Corps lieutenants get combat power to
the right place at the right time. As a transportation lieutenant you may
serve as a train commander with the Berlin Brigade, or lead a major convoy
in the resupply of REFORGER, the paramount NATO exercise. You could be
charged with loading the Navy's second largest ship, the 946-foot SL7, or be
responsible for the Army's hovercraft and deploy them overseas. You might
oversee the resupply of United Nations Peace Keeping Force outposts on the
Sinai Peninsula, or deploy with your soldiers to Europe, Africa, or
Antarctica. Transportation lieutenants make things happen.
- You will lead soldiers and have the opportunity to
learn the fundamentals of command. You will not only master primary tactical
skills - the skills to keep you and your soldiers alive in combat - but also
develop proficiency in terminal, rail, tactical truck, and marine
operations. Later you may compete for advanced degrees in several academic
traditions and training with major U.S. corporations, as well as proceed to
senior levels of responsibility. The challenge remains.
- Transportation Corps -- The Spearhead of Logistics.
Veterinary Corps
- With the Army's mechanized cavalry, you'd probably
think its need for the Veterinary Corps is minimal at best.
- Not true. While the cavalry was assuming a new look,
the Veterinary Corps was assuming new roles and responsibilities.
- By virtue of education and training, the veterinarian
is more than qualified to function not only in animal medicine, but in
public health matters and comparative medicine, as a full fledged member of
the Army Health Care Team.
- Army veterinarians are vital to the management and
care of laboratory animal resources and studies, and biomedical research and
development. Veterinary officers are assigned wherever food hygiene and
nutritional quality, preventative medicine, or animal medicine or research
is conducted.
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